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TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 



Led., T T .. 

 r .. f Latin. 



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Lepidoptera. The third great order 

 of insects, according to Linnaeus. 

 They were formerly divided into 

 Papilio, or day butterflies, Sphinx, 

 or those which flew at dusk and 

 dawn, and Phalaena, or the night- 

 fliers, but at present we recognize 

 but two great divisions, the Rhopa- 

 locera and Heterocera ; the former 

 having clubbed or knobbed antennae 

 and the latter with these organs of 

 every form, as filiform, fusiform, 

 pectinate, etc., etc. 



Lepidoptera Ehopalocera. The butter- 

 flies that fly by day, and having 

 knobbed antennae. German, Tag- 

 falter. 



Lepidoptera Heterocera. Moths, night 

 butterflies, comprising more than 

 nine-tenths of all the Lepidoptera. 

 German, Nachtfalter, or Nacht 

 Schmetterling. 



Lepidopteron. A butterfly or moth ; 

 a Lepidopterous insect. 



Lepidopterous. Pertaining to Lepi- 

 doptera. 



Ll'inbal area. The outer or marginal 

 area or space of the wing. Vide 

 PI. 1, f. IX, C. 



Linear. Long and narrow, like a line. 



T' *' , I At the place cited. 

 Loco citato, J 



Longitudinal. Lengthwise ; from base 

 to extremity of wing, from head to 

 end of body, etc. 



Lune. A moon-shaped spot or mark. 

 See crescent. 



Lunate. Crescent-shaped. 



Lunule. A small crescent or moon- 

 shaped mark. 



Lu/nular, \ /^ i 



T 7/7 r Crescent-shaped. 

 Lunutated. j 



Luteoux. Yellow. 



M(tcn/<tr, | Spotted ; composed of 



Maculated, j spots; as, a macular band 



is a band formed of spots. 

 Maero-Lepidojitera. Great or large 



Lepidoptera, comprising all the 



Rhopalocera, and the Heterocera 



to Pyralidina. 



Major. (Lat. comp. of Magnus, great.) 

 Greater ; as, the major part, the 

 greater part, etc. 



Mandibles. Upper jaws. 



Jfarbled. Variegated with irregular 

 lines or blotches of two or more 

 colours. 



Margin. The edge. 



Margin ft f. At or on the edges of the 

 wings. 



Marginal hand. The terminal band 

 of the wing, extending to the ex- 

 terior margin or edge. 



Marginal -vyjofe. Spots at the exterior 

 margin of the wings. 



Maxillce. Lower jaws. 



Maxillary palpi. Minute organs at- 

 tached to the maxillae. 



Median. On or near the middle of 

 the wing. 



Median cell. The space between the 

 cross nerve and medians. Some- 

 times it is divided by a longitudinal 

 nervure into two parts, which are 

 called the (interior and inferior me- 

 dian cells. 



Median nervure. Vide PI. 1, f. Ill, 

 IV, d. 



Median nervules. Vide PI. 1, f. Ill, 

 IV, d 1, d 2, d 3. 



Median space. Middle field of wing. 

 Vide PL 1, f. IX, B. 



Median rein. See median nervure. 



Melanism, In a black state, opposite 

 of Albinism. Like the black female 

 forms of Papilio Turnua. 



Melano. A black form or variety. 



Melanotic. Relating to melanism. 



Mexiaf band. A band or stripe trans- 

 versely crossing the. middle of the 

 wing, as in the hind wings of the 

 Catocalas. 



Mesofhorax. Second or middle ring 

 of thorax. 



Metathorax. Third or last ring of 

 thorax. 



Micro-Lepidojttera. Little Lepidop- 

 tera or butterflies; commencing 

 with the Pyralidina and continuing 

 to and embracing the Alucitina, the 

 last in the great order Lepidoptera. 



Middle area. See middle space. 



